Trump order signals shake-up in drug pricing innovation through Medicare and Medicaid
President Donald Trump’s Day One executive order rescinding Biden-era Medicare and Medicaid price innovation programs signals ...
The Health Risks and Benefits of Weight-Loss Drugs
T he newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ...
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Food, drug administration oversight needed to protect child health, nutrition–UNICEF
UNICEF has emphasized the importance of protecting child health through robust regulation over products intended for their consumption, including breast milk substitutes. It is critical that agencies ...
Trump Administration Orders a Temporary Freeze on Food and Health Agency Communications
Dr. Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, has ...
About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, new poll finds
New poll shows about half of U.S. adults believe it is a good thing for adults to use weight-loss drugs if they are ...
RFK Jr. wants to improve Americans’ health. Here’s some advice from the outgoing FDA chief
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big plans for the FDA if he's confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. FDA Commissioner ...
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Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
The pause is in effect through Feb. 1, the memo said. Agencies subject to the HHS directive include the CDC, the National ...
CDC purges STD and vaccine recommendations after Trump gender order
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took offline recommendations on how doctors should treat sexually transmitted infections and vaccinate adults Friday, as part of a sweeping purge of all ...
Yes, Trump rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid
The rescinded order directed Medicare and Medicaid to test ways to lower drug costs for enrollees. Those tests hadn’t started ...
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA OK for Vertex non-opioid pain drug, vaccine advisory committee, and more
Vertex Pharmaceuticals won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a non-opioid pain drug, clearing the way for the rollout of a product that has simultaneously sparked high hopes and ...